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Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 507 Scientists Citation Rankings - 2025
Discover the world’s highly cited researchers through the AD Scientific Index 2025 Citation Rankings.
These rankings evaluate scientists based on their total and recent citation counts, capturing the breadth and real-time currency of academic recognition. Citation data reveals how widely a scholar’s work is referenced, applied, and extended across diverse disciplines. The rankings are routinely updated to reflect ongoing citation growth, while eliminating distortions from excessive co-authorship and institutional inflation. Premium tools provide access to detailed citation dynamics, unethical citation behavior detection, and field-normalized benchmarking.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Meta-analysis
epidemiolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
226,526
98,690
0.436
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91,268
50,069
0.549
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Neuropsychopharmacology
Neuroscience
Psychiatry
Translational Medicin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69,685
48,300
0.693
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Immunology Discovery
Immuno-oncology Discover
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,946
16,282
0.255
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,848
11,091
0.195
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Data Science
Artificial Intelligence
Patient Journey
X-Ray Crystallograph
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,518
24,233
0.461
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Cancer genomics
Computational Biology
Functional genetic screen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,925
23,492
0.452
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Molecular Imaging
Alzheimer's Disease imaging
neuroscience biomarkers
click chemistr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,816
13,609
0.285
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Oncology Early Drug Developmen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,055
18,877
0.471
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
oncolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,010
22,335
0.638
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,461
10,320
0.376
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Schizophrenia
Neuroscience
Cardiovascular Disease
Pulmonary Disease
Rare Disease
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,465
16,481
0.647
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
medicine
kidne
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,915
4,353
0.175
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Immunology
neuroscience
diagnostics
personalized medicin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,950
3,047
0.170
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Drug transporters
Drug-Drug Interactions
Enzyme Induction
Drug-Induced Liver Injury
ADM
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,480
3,966
0.227
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Immunology
Oncology
Autoimmunity
Cancer Immunology
Costimulatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,026
2,505
0.147
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Statistics
Computing
Clinical Trial
Epidemiolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,663
11,899
0.714
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Research and Developmen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,837
2,154
0.156
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,797
10,460
0.817
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Immunolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,591
6,546
0.520
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Genetics
Cardiometabolic
Retinal Diseas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,156
8,127
0.669
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Neuroscienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,901
2,456
0.206
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Computational Chemistry
Computational Biology
Systems Biology
Pharmacokinetics
Pharmacodynamic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,337
7,067
0.623
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Digital Health
Drug Development
Immune-Mediated Disease
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,564
3,470
0.328
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,214
4,500
0.441
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
672
261
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Jesse A Berlin
Johnson & Johnson Co.
New Jersey, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
226,526
98,690
0.436
Meta-analysis
epidemiolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,039
1,896
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Dirk Gevers
Johnson & Johnson Co.
New Jersey, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91,268
50,069
0.549
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,369
2,992
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Guang Chen (陈光)
Johnson & Johnson Co.
New Jersey, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69,685
48,300
0.693
Neuropsychopharmacology
Neuroscience
Psychiatry
Translational Medicin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,299
3,437
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Daniel J Cua
Johnson & Johnson Co.
New Jersey, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,946
16,282
0.255
Immunology Discovery
Immuno-oncology Discover
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,849
4,183
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Manji H
Johnson & Johnson Co.
New Jersey, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,848
11,091
0.195
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,017
4,728
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Jeff Headd
Johnson & Johnson Co.
New Jersey, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,518
24,233
0.461
Data Science
Artificial Intelligence
Patient Journey
X-Ray Crystallograph
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,186
4,812
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Barbara Weir
Johnson & Johnson Co.
New Jersey, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,925
23,492
0.452
Cancer genomics
Computational Biology
Functional genetic screen
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,585
5,451
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Hartmuth C Kolb
Johnson & Johnson Co.
New Jersey, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,816
13,609
0.285
Molecular Imaging
Alzheimer's Disease imaging
neuroscience biomarkers
click chemistr
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,478
7,221
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Jeffrey R Infante
Johnson & Johnson Co.
New Jersey, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,055
18,877
0.471
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,077
8,820
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Kiran Patel
Johnson & Johnson Co.
New Jersey, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,010
22,335
0.638
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,696
12,570
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Amy J Johnson
Johnson & Johnson Co.
New Jersey, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,461
10,320
0.376
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
30,966
13,956
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Srihari Gopal
Johnson & Johnson Co.
New Jersey, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,465
16,481
0.647
Schizophrenia
Neuroscience
Cardiovascular Disease
Pulmonary Disease
Rare Disease
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
31,927
14,361
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Matthew Breyer
Johnson & Johnson Co.
New Jersey, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,915
4,353
0.175
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
50,471
21,704
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Mark Curran
Johnson & Johnson Co.
New Jersey, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,950
3,047
0.170
Immunology
neuroscience
diagnostics
personalized medicin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
52,292
22,423
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Raymond Evers
Johnson & Johnson Co.
New Jersey, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,480
3,966
0.227
Drug transporters
Drug-Drug Interactions
Enzyme Induction
Drug-Induced Liver Injury
ADM
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
54,159
23,107
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Iqbal S Grewal
Johnson & Johnson Co.
New Jersey, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,026
2,505
0.147
Immunology
Oncology
Autoimmunity
Cancer Immunology
Costimulatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
55,805
23,746
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Xiang Li
Johnson & Johnson Co.
New Jersey, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,663
11,899
0.714
Statistics
Computing
Clinical Trial
Epidemiolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
71,198
29,478
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Mathai Mammen
Johnson & Johnson Co.
New Jersey, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,837
2,154
0.156
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
78,376
32,021
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Pablo Garcia Kilroy
Johnson & Johnson Co.
New Jersey, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,797
10,460
0.817
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
79,929
32,596
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Lloyd S Miller
Johnson & Johnson Co.
New Jersey, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,591
6,546
0.520
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
83,478
33,880
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Dermot F Reilly
Johnson & Johnson Co.
New Jersey, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,156
8,127
0.669
Genetics
Cardiometabolic
Retinal Diseas
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
85,664
34,668
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
William J Martin
Johnson & Johnson Co.
New Jersey, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,901
2,456
0.206
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
90,839
36,548
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Avijit Ghosh
Johnson & Johnson Co.
New Jersey, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,337
7,067
0.623
Computational Chemistry
Computational Biology
Systems Biology
Pharmacokinetics
Pharmacodynamic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
98,671
39,201
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Frederic Baribaud
Johnson & Johnson Co.
New Jersey, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,564
3,470
0.328
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
102,595
40,551
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Ziad S Saad
Johnson & Johnson Co.
New Jersey, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,214
4,500
0.441